Transcript Plot - Frankfort School District 157c

Setting
The time and place in which
the events of a work of
literature take place
Conflict
a struggle or clash between
opposing characters or
opposing forces
Theme
The truth about life revealed
in a literary work expressed in
a complete sentence
Point of view
The vantage point from which a
story is told
--omniscient
--third-person limited
--first person
Foreshadowing
The use of clues to suggest
events that will happen later
in the plot
Suspense
the uncertainty or anxiety you
feel about what will happen next
in the story
Metaphor
An imaginative comparison between
two unlike things in which one thing
is said to be another thing.
Example: "Memory is a crazy woman
that hoards colored rags and throws
away food.” ~Austin O'Malley,
Mood
The overall emotion created by a
work of literature.
Example: The children who sat at
the kitchen table had smiles on
their faces and birthday cake and
ice cream in front of them. They
laughed and squealed with delight.
Simile
A comparison between two unlike
things using a word such as like,
as, than, or resembles.
Example: "When he finished the
apple, he smacked his lips
together like a pair of cymbals."
Symbol
a person, a place, a thing, or an
event that has its own meaning
and stands for something beyond
itself as well.
Example: The American flag
1. Characterization
The process of revealing the
personality of a character in his story.
1. What the character says
2. How the character looks
3. What the character thinks
4. What other characters say about
the character
5. How the character acts
6. By telling you directly
2. Direct Characterization
The author directly states a character’s
traits or makes direct comments about a
character’s nature
3. Indirect Characterization
When a writer reveals a character’s
personality through the words of a
character, description of a character’s
looks and clothing, comments made about
the character by another character in the
story, or the character’s behavior
4. Character
A person or an animal in a
story, play, or another literary
work
5. Protagonist
The main character in a work of
literature who is involved in the
central conflict
6. Antagonist
The character or force in
conflict with the protagonist
7. Static Character
A character who does not
change throughout the work,
and the reader’s knowledge of
that character does not grow
8. Dynamic Character
A character who undergoes some
kind of change because of the
action in the plot
Plot
A series of events
that tell the story.
11. Exposition
The background information
about the characters and the
setting at the beginning of a
story.
13. Conflict
A struggle or clash between
opposing characters or
opposing forces
A character’s struggle with an
outside force which may be another
character, society as a whole, or a
natural force.
A conflict that takes place within a
character’s own mind. It is a
struggle between opposing needs,
desires, or emotions.
The turning point of the story. It is often
the most intense moment either mentally
or in action. Usually the main character
comes face to face with the conflict.
Something happens that reveals how the
story will turn out
17. Resolution
The part of the plot that occurs
after the climax and is where
conflicts are resolved and loose
ends are tied up.